Integrated and Inclusive Foreign Policy
A broader set of inputs will enable Australia to be an influential and constructive regional power in an older, hotter, more volatile and more porous region. For this to happen, more non-government stakeholders and civil society organisations must engage the space where domestic and regional security, trade and human wellbeing are now inseparable.
Latest Articles
Step up? We’ve stepped aside by failing to sign migration pact | Op-ed | November 2018
Travers McLeod - November 2018
Published in The Australian on 23 November 2018 “Step up or step aside.” This was former Indonesian foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda’s 2016 warning to Australia and Indonesia as co-chairs of the Bali Process...
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Time to judge our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Travers McLeod - June 2018
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 11 June 2018. “We will never forget that 100 years ago a young and brave nation on the other side of the world...
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CEO Travers McLeod calls for an integrated approach to foreign policy development
communications - November 2016
Our CEO Travers McLeod was invited to contribute a think-piece for the Australian Council for International Development’s October 2016 National Conference, entitled Australia Ahead of the Curve: An agenda for international...
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Responding to North Korea: in conversation with Michael Kirby and Gareth Evans | ROUNDTABLE | October 2016
communications - October 2016
In October, CPD was proud to once again partner with ANU to host a unique conversation between two of Australia’s most distinguished and influential experts on law, international relations and...
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CPD Fellow Peter Hughes: “Is our region ready for a displacement crisis?”
communications - September 2015
Asia and Pacific governments need to increase their preparedness both at the national level, and collectively, to understand the nature of any displacement and to have the capacity to respond,...
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